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Dominion Dreadnought Carrier: A Few Friendly Suggestions
gradstudent1
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The Dreadnought looks INCREDIBLE! I love this ship for sure. Whoever rendered it did a great job on it visually.
My only complaint--and in fact the only thing that will keep me from buying the Dreadnought Carrier at all--is the bridge officer layout (BOFF). Carriers, by their very nature, are support ships. But in the current layout, the Dreadnought's ability to support both itself and others is severely limited.
I suggest two minor changes in the BOFF layout: Change the Lt. Tac to an Ens Tac and the Ens Sci to a Lt universal slot. In short, take one from tac and add it to the science slot, which becomes universal.
The added universal slot would make the ship fun to fly and build, since it would allow for greater flexibility (not to mention survivability). These proposed changes also make the ship a much better team-ship--able to heal well both in the area of hull and shields. If some kind of change like this is made to the BOFF layout, I would certainly spend money on it. Responses anyone?
My only complaint--and in fact the only thing that will keep me from buying the Dreadnought Carrier at all--is the bridge officer layout (BOFF). Carriers, by their very nature, are support ships. But in the current layout, the Dreadnought's ability to support both itself and others is severely limited.
I suggest two minor changes in the BOFF layout: Change the Lt. Tac to an Ens Tac and the Ens Sci to a Lt universal slot. In short, take one from tac and add it to the science slot, which becomes universal.
The added universal slot would make the ship fun to fly and build, since it would allow for greater flexibility (not to mention survivability). These proposed changes also make the ship a much better team-ship--able to heal well both in the area of hull and shields. If some kind of change like this is made to the BOFF layout, I would certainly spend money on it. Responses anyone?
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Yes it will have weaknesses in pvp as it doesn't have enough turn to use those tac stations efficiently, and a slow ship like that could use more eng and sci to improve survivablility. Thats part of keeping the game balanced, ships should have weaknesses, and we don't need another overpowered Jemhadar ship without any weaknesses in pvp.
this one:
http://www.ditl.org/gpaf/GAdvance8.jpg
you can see a jem'hadar cruiser (the size of a galaxy class) crossing above it adn this ship is a **** ton bigger than the one we got in game...
h???? shape is 99% correct...the texture is off, still more accurate than the galaxy class that is ingame.
and the scaling? well neither the DS9 nor STO ever was accurate about that stuff, especially with klingon ships and dominion you allways saw massive inconsistancy regarding size in the shows.
Don't want to flame escort captains, but they need to "escort" battleships sometimes, instead of expecting the battleship to escort them. That's not always true, but live up to your name!
As a Dominion ship, it doesn't hold true to the fed method of fighting, shields never drop. It doesn't hold up to KDF either, no-cloak. I'm guessing the Dominion goes for the "offense is the best defense" approach. Dreads and escorts should work together and kill together. Escorts are the hammer, and Dreads are the anvil.
She may not look like much, but she has it where it counts. Hull, shield modifier, consoles... She's a fantastic ship in my opinion.
A sweet friend of mine gave me one, and I managed to snag 1st place in Crystalline Entity with it. Just slapped polarons on it with phase modulators, MACO shielding, Borg engines, MACO Deflector and went with it...
Dreadnought class. Two times the size, three times the speed. Advanced weaponry. Modified for a minimal crew. Unlike most Federation vessels, it's built solely for combat.
This ship already is a hammer, you do not need pets for damage. Use the hangars to make up your barebones tanking weakness.
I switched today and never looked back.
Are you kidding? Jem Dread is a beautiful ship! :cool:
Agreed, that's one of the most rewarding parts of carrier play: switching up the right pets for the job. Glad you found a cool setup.
I agree, she's one of most imposing ships in the game and has nice lines.
@OP: I'll also vote for "leave her be." Most other carriers in the game don't have enough offense to them, so the Dreadnought is a breath of fresh air in that regard. It really allows for a unique playstyle. And who doesn't like crushing unsuspecting foes with a capital ship?
That's because the giant ship there isn't the Jem'Hadar Dreadnought carrier. It's an orbital bombardment ship, which IS much larger than the Dread. It's like the super-Star Destroyer of Star Destroyers.
Anyway, the ship is a beauty as is. It's a gigantic battleship with fighter support. Who wouldn't like that? Slap some beam arrays on it, a kinetic cutting beam, and the Omega set and hit FAW. Watch the numbers scroll. The ship is tanky enough with the standard tac team + EPtS combo. Toss a couple hazard emitters in there and you have enough to live through mostly anything. I got mine when they first came out and I can't bring myself to fly anything else (even though I recently acquired a fleet assault cruiser).
The Dom Dreadnought is already overtanked, you can easily tank anything in PvE with it. There is no such thing as too much DPS. Putting shield pets on it is poor advise imo. Make it a Jackhammer instead of just a hammer, that's what it's designed for.
Don't touch the Dreadnought, she's perfect.
If you want to fly a team oriented carrier w/ lots of flexibility; fly a Recluse.